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Heh, I defaced my climate control knobs... Er, "detriangled" I guess you could say. I noticed the temp knob was looking funny when the lights were on, it had this transparent look to it. Switched off the lights and saw the white paint or whatever was coming off, to reveal the clear red plastic underneath. Guess it didn't like armor all. So, i took some alcohol swabs and got what little paint there was left off of there. Did the same for the other three knobs to make it all consistent. lol It kinda screwed up the plastic on the knobs a bit (looks dull in spots) but that's ok with me. lol There is still a bit of white left on a couple knobs, but I'm going to fix that eventually.The effect is pretty interesting - especially during the day when you see the triangles glowing if you have the lights on. lol!

Pretty cool. I like how the triangles are brighter than the other lighted parts.Makes me wonder if it'd be possible to put a different color paint over it...

If you find a light enough paint, you probably could. You can pull the center knob straight back to remove it and see the color of the plastic from behind, so you can see the color without taking any of the white off, if that would help you pick a color for it.

Pretty cool, this would be interesting mod....

Huh, that's kinda neat! I am going to do that today. I have my alcohol swab ready.

LOL...I told him somebody else would end up doing it!

Quote, originally posted by Kari »LOL...I told him somebody else would end up doing it! they us e to do this at http://www.j-body.org/ all the time with the cavys.......the only difference was that the cavys were a clear plastic in behind and that the black on the front was a small peice of rubber.u just had to peal them off.u could make them any color after that.

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I remember seeing those mods, quite interesting. Too bad we don't have the perfectly clear knobs, all we get that's transparent is the little triangle. That sure would look interesting.

CP, i am not sure you should have done this. I am pretty sure it voids your triangle warranty.cool mod.jeff

I lucked out... The warranty says that the triangles are covered for defects in material or workmanship for the first 12 months/12,000 miles, so the warranty was up on them anyway.

CP- knowing what you know about these types of modes... can it be done with the side buttons that say AUTO for the windows and the door lock switch, etc?

I love it! I had done a mod close to that in my 96 Cavy (someone said it was on j-body.org, was a member there )Nice job CP!

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants » I have my alcohol swab ready.Jack Daniels doesn't work. He ment rubbing alcohol Poopy.

So a shot of Mr. Cuervo won't do the trick huh?

Quote, originally posted by jeffgtx »CP- knowing what you know about these types of modes... can it be done with the side buttons that say AUTO for the windows and the door lock switch, etc?(A post from Kari who is too lazy to log out and back in... )Probably not, since the windows and door lock switches don't light up at night. It's probably just white writing on the black plastic and wouldn't have a need for the red. I could be wrong, but I'm not sure I'd want to be the one to experiment and try it out.

I thought the one switch that says auto actually lights up.you could always wire in some LED's under the switch plate for some back lighting???

I just did it today looks really cool lol

yea thas what i mean. if i could put an LED behind it, could i make that button see through?

Quote, originally posted by ArcsVibe »I love it! I had done a mod close to that in my 96 Cavy (someone said it was on j-body.org, was a member there )Nice job CP!ya i use to be a memeber there too....untill i sold my z24....oh i miss my "lil red racer"